Item A: Status Report on Local Gas Tax

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EUGENE’S STREET INVENTORY The City of Eugene has jurisdictional responsibility for many different types and classifications of transportation facilities. Many factors such as age, development type, traffic loads, use, and future transportation needs affect the maintenance and rehabilitation planning for the system. The segment inventory component of the PMS system allows a reporting of both centerline miles (intersection to intersection) and lane miles of each segment of the system. While commonly used in reporting distance, centerline miles do not relate equally across streets of different widths or different number of lanes. For this report, comparisons typically are shown both in centerline and 12-foot wide lane miles unless otherwise noted. Improvement Status For purposes of establishing budget allocations and rehabilitation priorities, and performing maintenance activities based on established maintenance policies, the City of Eugene divides the street inventory into two distinct categories: Improved streets are those which have been fully designed for structural adequacy, have storm drainage facilities provided which include curbs and gutters, and have either an asphalt concrete (AC) or a Portland cement concrete (PCC) surface. Typically, these streets were either fully improved when the area was developed and paid for by the developer, or were improved through a local improvement district (LID) and paid for in part by the abutting property owners. In some cases a street may have been fully improved while under state or county jurisdiction and then surrendered to the City. Improved streets receive the highest level of ongoing maintenance and are eligible for rehabilitation funding through Eugene's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and Pavement Preservation Program (PPP). Unimproved streets are those with soil, gravel, or asphalt mat surfaces that have typically evolved to their existing state, have not been structurally designed, and have few if any, drainage facilities and no curbs or gutters. Typically, an unimproved street must be fully improved through a local improvement district, funded in part by the abutting property owners before a higher level of service will be provided (see “City of Eugene Street Maintenance Policy and Procedure Manual” for levels of maintenance service). Unimproved streets receive a low level of ongoing maintenance limited primarily to emergency pothole patching (three inches or greater in depth) and minimal roadside ditch maintenance. To address the growing number of potholes on City streets (75% of potholes repaired annually have been on unimproved streets), the City Council has augmented the street repair budget with General Fund allocations for a total of $2.35 million from FY 2009 through FY 2011. The Maintenance Division has addressed potholes by either filling individual potholes or by performing maintenance overlays over entire street segments. During the past three fiscal years dozens of unimproved streets have been resurfaced as a temporary treatment. In addition, several unimproved streets have been brought up to full urban street standards through assessment projects, attributed, in part to more flexible design standards. However, most unimproved streets are not considered eligible for funding in Eugene's Capital Improvement Program or the Pavement Preservation Program. 3